Kitovu is a variety with a wider acceptability since it is the one eaten as a snack unripe with salt and pepper giving it good special aroma and taste. On ripening, the variety has a long shelf life and it is usually transported for long distances to up-country open markets, where it is popular and affordable.

Pests and Diseases   Mango fruit fly Mealybugs Mango aphid Powdery mildew   Anthracnose	Mango survey Mbeere   Kilifi   Makueni Mango varieties in Embu and Makueni by District	Challenges Cultural practices Postharvest treatment Chemical control Challenges to Mango planting	Improvement Mango planting Mango Improvement Strategy
	By: Phanuel Oballa and Rachel Kariuki                                                                                           © 2019 KEFRI/KALRO Mango Research